29 March
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The ICA is saddened to learn of the passing of Harry J (Bud) Rubin. Rubin was lawyer and a clarinetist and served as the voluntary legal council for the ICA since 1976. Below is a note from Rubin’s nephew, clarinetist Todd Levy. “Tonight my family mourns the loss of my uncle, Harry J (Bud) Rubin. A great man, incredibly bright legal mind to the end of his nearly 90 years, and a wonderful amateur clarinetist for many years. Bud was one of my early inspirations on the clarinet. Every summer, he would invite me over to play duets at his house on Long Beach IslandRead More →

20 February
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The following positions were recently announced:   Grant Park Music Festival Principal Clarinet Resume Deadline: March 2, 2018 Prelim Audition Date: March 19-20, 2018 Finals Audition Date: March 28, 2018 https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/auditions/orchestra-auditions Columbus Symphony Second/E-flat Clarinet Resume Deadline: February 19, 2018 to auditions@columbussymphony.com Audition Date: March 23-24, 2018 http://www.columbussymphony.com/musicians/auditions-2/ The Louisville Orchestra Second Clarinet Resume Deadline:  March 12, 2018 to LOAuditions@gmail.com Audition Date:  April 16-18, 2018 https://louisvilleorchestra.org/about/auditions/ Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet Resume Deadline: March 5, 2018 to rkilgore@cincinnatisymphony.org Audition Date: May 7-8, 2018 http://cincinnatisymphony.org/careers/ National Symphony Orchestra Principal Clarinet Resume Deadline: March 2, 2018 to nsoauditions@kennedy-center.org Audition Date: May 12-14, 2018 http://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/mtm/audition   Information for these posts can beRead More →

06 February
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The ICA Youth Committee recently held an online survey to gather more information on ways to better serve the youth in our organization. The survey participants were entered into a drawing to win a prize generously donated by Vandoren. This prize included a Vandoren mouthpiece, Vandoren ligature, Vandoren swab, Vandoren reed case and four boxes of Vandoren reeds. The survey received a total of 445 responses and from those responses, Sarah DeVries, a current master’s student at Indiana University, was randomly selected as the winner! DeVries had this to say about being selected: “My sincere thanks goes to ICA and Vandoren for their generous prize gift! I was not expectingRead More →

20 January
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The ICA is excited to announce a new collaboration with the Bill Cook Foundation! Mr. Cook will donate $2,000 toward the purchase of a new professional line clarinet for a student in El Salvador, Yareed Castellanos, if the ICA matches his contribution. Please specify that your donation is “in support of Yareed” in order to raise these funds. The Bill Cook foundation is also helping Casa Alianza in Guatemala City. This is a home for 60+ girls who have been rescued from being sexually trafficked and several have babies. They have a volunteer music teacher as part of their education and therapy. The teacher is lookingRead More →